WATCH: Rohit Sharma’s brilliant catch to dismiss Usman Khawaja

Dixit Bhargav | 09/12/2018
Rohit Sharma's brilliant catch to dismiss Usman Khawaja

Rohit Sharma’s brilliant catch to dismiss Usman Khawaja: Indian middle-order batsman dived forward to complete the dismissal.

During the fourth day of the first Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Adelaide, India middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma ran in from the boundary and dived forward to complete a brilliant catch which saw the end of Australia batsman Usman Khawaja.

The dismissal of Khawaja came as a big blow for the hosts for they were relying heavily on his form in the given situation. Moreover, the way he got out would have been utter disappointing for his team.

It all happened on the third delivery of the 24th over when Khawaja’s attempt of stepping out to play an aerial shot off Ashwin saw him mis-timing the ball high in the air towards the deep extra cover region.

Sharma, who was fielding at the boundary, ran in from the deep to not let down his team by grabbing an outstanding catch. Khawaja ended up scoring 8 (42).

Khawaja was the third Australian wicket to fall, leaving behind 263 runs for the other batsmen to chase. If Australia manage to seal the chase, it will go down as one of their best in the history of the game.

However, it won’t be as easy as it sounds for scoring 323 runs in the fourth innings on the Adelaide wicket sounds to be an onerous task. With Ashwin bowling from the other end, things are highly likely of getting really hard for the Australian batsmen.

Watch the full video of Sharma’s catch to dismiss Khawaja:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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